A BITE TO EAT

PADDY'S CLAM HOUSE

$2.55 five-course lobster dinner on Sundays. 

 

Just had a delicious meal at Paddy's Clam House, 215 West 34th St. Quite a busy place. Imagine serving between 2,000 and 3,000 customers daily! Fish, Shellfish and French fries as we love it - at the most reasonable prices. The whole broiled Lobster is the talk of the town. Paddy has asked me to invite you to drop in when you come to New York City.
 
Information below reposted from "Old and Sold Antiques Auction and marketplace" website. Information originally published in an article titled New York City - Around the world in 80 Dinners, in 1959.
   
Paddy's Clam House, 215 W. 34th St., is one of the largest and oldest seafood establishments in New York. Paddy (Joseph Patrick) White opened his first clam house in the Bronx more than 60 years ago and moved to the present location 26 years ago. He is now 80 and engaged in writing a book to be titled Eat Fish, Live Longer. Paddy, born in Philadelphia, learned his trade at the oyster bar of Delmonico's. He still maintains that Lorenzo Delmonico was the greatest restaurateur of all time. Paddy established a record 59 years ago for opening clams—100 in 3 minutes, 20 seconds—and claims this record has never been beaten. Today, his West 34th St. restaurant serves i,000 people daily; disposes of 5,000 lobsters, 50 bushels of shellfish and 1,700 pounds of fish per week. The restaurant features wooden-topped tables and makes no pretentions to elegant service or appointments. And, Paddy boasts, people stand in line for his $2.55 five-course lobster dinner on Sundays. Paddy is an avid fight fan, has known all the champs, and used to travel around the country to catch all the big fights of the past half century.